You are more likely to land a job interview if your name is John Martin or Emily Brown rather than Lei Li or Tara Singh – even if you have the same Canadian education and work experience.
These are the findings of a new study analyzing how employers in the Greater Toronto Area responded to 6,000 mock résumés for jobs ranging from administrative assistant to accountant.
Across the board, those with English names such as Greg Johnson and Michael Smith were 40 per cent more likely to receive callbacks than people with the same education and job experience with Indian, Chinese or Pakistani names such as Maya Kumar, Dong Liu and Fatima Sheikh.
Read the full article here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/work/right-rsum-wrong-name/article1145212/page1/
May 10, 2011
Ottawa Police celebrates Police Week
Ottawa Police celebrates Police Week with events throughout the city
“Neighbourhood Safety – Working Together for a Safer Community”
May 15, - 21, 2011
La Police d’Ottawa célèbre la Semaine de la police
par la présentation d’activités à travers la ville
« Des quartiers en sûreté: La sécurité de notre communauté, un
travail d’équipe »
Du 15 au 21 mai 2011
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